Yahoo

I rode the $1 coastal train in Sri Lanka from Bentota to Colombo. There was a 2-hour delay, and I didn't have a seat on board, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

The rail had stunning views of honey-colored beaches and the Indian Ocean. I had to sit on my suitcase for the entire trip, but the locals I met along the way made it worth it. Sri Lanka has been on ...
Global Times

In pics: coastal railway line by sea in Colombo, Sri Lanka

This photo taken on Dec. 23, 2024 shows a train by the sea in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The coastal railway line, located on the west coast of Sri Lanka and close to the Indian Ocean, is a major railway ...
The Montana Standard

Hundreds die when tsunami waves destroy train in Sri Lanka

TELWATTA, Sri Lanka — The train known as the Queen of the Sea chugged slowly up the sandy, palm-fringed coast of eastern Sri Lanka, carrying hundreds of residents from the capital to visit relatives ...
Forbes India

Sri Lanka train memorial honours tsunami tragedy

Just inland from the crashing waves on Sri Lanka"s palm-fringed shores, the train slowly came to a stop on Thursday—marking the moment a deadly tsunami hit 20 years ago. Sri Lanka"s Ocean Queen ...
Orlando Sentinel

SRI LANKA TRAIN WRECKS TAKE HUGE TOLL

GALLE, Sri Lanka — A tsunami slammed into two trains that had come to a halt on the outskirts of a tiny fishing village near here, hurling a dozen cars across the countryside into coconut groves, ...
Radio France Internationale

Sri Lanka train memorial honours tsunami tragedy

Sri Lanka's Ocean Queen Express became a symbol of the biggest natural disaster to hit the South Asian nation in living memory, when the train was struck by the giant waves of December 26, 2004. About ...